Chapter 8: What Does It Mean to Be Left Wanting More

Ning Dan has done too many music-related variety shows; she is a director with aesthetic taste.

However, as a director, her vision is more long-term.

The brilliance in her eyes is not just because Luo Mo's performance so far seems quite good.

It is also because a set of ideas she had in mind before seems ready to be put to the test.

If it works, she will have effectively taught all her peers in the industry a good lesson.

……..

On stage, having finished the prelude, Luo Mo finally began Singing under the gaze of the masses.

"【Walking in the wind, the sunlight today is suddenly so Gentle,

The gentleness of the sky, the gentleness of the earth, like you holding me,

Then discovering your changes, the lonely future ahead,

If it's cold, how should I get through it.】"

The melodious singing voice lingered in the hall, not dissipating for a long time.

This song is considered a very popular song on Earth, and its popularity is extremely high.

There is no need to say how popular the band Mayday is; their concerts are always packed.

Looking at concert data, from 2017 to 2019, Mayday's cumulative concert box office ranked second in the country, second only to Zhou Jielun, and only by a tiny margin.

You have to know that concerts are a great way to show a Singer's true popularity; some Singers seem to have high popularity, but that is just high buzz, and they don't have any popular works, so their concert tickets simply won't sell.

But like Mayday, concert tickets are impossible to grab……..

In 2020, on the last day of May, due to the pandemic, Mayday held an Online Concert, and the number of viewers was—40 million!

As for the song "Gentle", it is often a special segment of their concerts.

At this moment, the camera swept across the five mentors, capturing their reactions.

Wei Ran nodded the moment the first lyric came out.

"Not bad!" Wei Ran began to listen seriously and look at the lyrics seriously.

Honestly, so far, the lyrics can only be considered standard.

He was not in a hurry to read on; he preferred this feeling of listening while reading.

In his view, there was no need for him to have such strict Requirements for a trainee's songwriting.

Even if the lyrics of the whole song were standard and had no highlights, just the fact that the lyrics and the melody achieved unity in emotion, and could make people clearly feel the emotion conveyed by the song, that was already a success.

He looked up at Luo Mo, his eyes filled with undisguised, intense interest.

This close-up would inevitably be included in the edit.

As for the rap mentor Li Ge sitting next to him, he was undoubtedly more impatient than Wei Ran.

He had already finished reading all the lyrics, then nudged Wei Ran with his elbow and picked up the lyrics, pointing to a certain line.

Wei Ran brushed him off, signaling him not to make noise.

The two were already familiar with each other; this kind of playful scene would definitely not be cut.

Or rather, even if Luo Mo's song was trash, for the sake of such interesting, playful footage, the editor wouldn't give him the "cut" treatment.

The camera continued to sweep, starting to pan toward Shen Yinuo and Jiang Ningxi.

Shen Yinuo was already resting her chin on her hands, listening carefully.

Her feeling remained simple and crude—good to listen to, good to listen to, really good to listen to!

This made her can't help but feel that the trainees in her own company were truly incompetent.

"How are they recruiting people?" the company's young lady thought to herself.

At this moment, she couldn't help but look at Luo Mo's profile again.

The profile clearly stated—【Company: None.】

"Oh my, I've found a little treasure, hee hee!" Shen Yinuo's mind began to stir.

She turned her head to look at Jiang Ningxi, wanting to give her teammate, whom she spent every day with, a knowing look.

But she was surprised to find that Jiang Ningxi was actually stunned.

To be precise, she was simply too focused.

Her gaze was completely fixed on Luo Mo; it could be said she was fully engrossed.

"Huh, is this song that captivating to her?" Shen Yinuo was a bit surprised.

She didn't know that if there was anyone in this world who felt the deepest emotion listening to Luo Mo sing "Gentle", it was definitely Jiang Ningxi!

The camera continued to sweep, settling on the face of Xu Chujing, who was sitting in the Center Position.

She nodded imperceptibly.

This was undoubtedly a form of approval!

This made Ning Dan in the backstage almost certain that the quality of this song was absolutely top-notch!

The dual affirmation from Xu Chujing and Wei Ran was enough to demonstrate its standard.

In fact, what surprised everyone the most was Luo Mo's singing.

Simply put, there was a sense of story in his singing voice.

Excellent singing skills!

In a sense, when performing on stage, those more high-energy songs have an advantage.

Just get hyped! Just being hyped is enough!

But if one wants to sing a quiet song, the transmission of emotion is especially important.

How could Luo Mo not know this point.

This is the same principle as writing an essay; just like some sentences clearly lack flowery language and are not grand or majestic, they can still stir people's hearts.

For example, that particularly classic line in "Record of the Xiangji Studio": 【The courtyard has a loquat tree, planted by my wife's own hand the year she died; now it stands tall like a canopy.】

The heartstrings, a gentle pluck, is enough.

From the perspective of Singing, Luo Mo felt he could still do better.

After all, the two souls had just merged, and he still needed to adapt and practice in terms of technique.

Therefore, his current focus was on emotion.

Luo Mo leaned toward the microphone and began to continue Singing.

"【The scenery at the edge of the sky and I by your side are neither in your eyes,"

"I have never understood what is hidden in your eyes."

"It doesn't matter, let you possess your own world,"

"Not disturbing you, is my Gentle.】"

Once the last line of lyrics came out, it could be called stunning!

Wei Ran knew why Li Ge had pushed him.

"The finishing touch! This line of lyrics is the finishing touch of the whole song so far!"

Consequently, he raised his hand and pushed Li Ge hard.

Laozi is going to push back!

Standing from a professional perspective and asking himself, Wei Ran had not expected at first that this song called "Gentle" would have such a unique angle of Singing.

This song is quite exquisite!

According to conventional thinking, isn't Gentle just Singing about some clichés?

But this song is different.

Wei Ran had been waiting from the very beginning, waiting for the special aspect in the lyrics.

Although he didn't know what he was expecting, he had undoubtedly waited for it!

"Not disturbing you, is my Gentle."

In his view, besides the very special entry point, the emotion revealed in this line was also sufficiently high-level!

Love songs, after all, focus on the word 'love'.

The Gentle in here, the 'not disturbing' in here, is it letting go in one's heart? Is it letting go of that person?

Naturally not!

Some songs cannot withstand careful thought, nor can they withstand being listened to in certain specific environments.

"Gentle" is one of them!

When you delete all contact methods for someone but still cannot forget them, listening to this song again is simply self-abuse.

Yet in reality, many people just love self-abuse.

The sadder one is, the more one wants to listen to these types of songs.

Especially in this song, it also carries a thick sense of fulfillment.

I will not disturb you; I will fulfill your wishes.

If this is what you want, then I will give it to you, and I shall just disappear!

"These lyrics, this technique, high-level!" Wei Ran nearly slapped the table in admiration.

He had wanted to have eye contact with Li Ge, but as soon as he turned his head and their gazes met, he turned back again.

Li Ge, a well-known diss-level rapper, has released a large number of diss songs; singing to spray others is his specialty, and he has almost never lost.

The reason he can appear on variety shows normally is mainly because he doesn't use dirty words when scolding people in his songs.

A person like this...

"He doesn't know a fart about 'Gentle'!" Wei Ran thought to himself.

Li Ge looked at his good buddy's psychedelic operation and was stunned for a moment.

And what made people even more stunned was yet to come.

Luo Mo's fingers glided across the piano, and after playing a series of notes, he stood up and bowed.

"It's gone!"

"It's actually gone!"

In reality, the lyrics in their hands also ended there.

"What about the chorus? Where is the chorus of this song?" Wei Ran couldn't help but speak up directly.

From a structural point of view, this song clearly hadn't reached the chorus part yet, which is what everyone often calls the climax.

This is incomplete!

Luo Mo shook his head and said, "There is no more, it only finished up to here."

He was doing it on purpose.

The reason was simple; he knew talent show variety programs too well, he understood them too thoroughly.

The initial stage performance has a time limit; when editors are editing, even for a seed contestant, it is impossible to leave a complete stage exceeding five minutes.

The program duration is limited, and they have to rush the progress.

And "Gentle" (Return You Freedom Version) has a duration of six and a half minutes!

One must know, Luo Mo is a solo contestant.

Some companies' contestants come in groups of several people, and their initial stage is a multi-person stage.

Giving them more time is relatively understandable.

Giving one person six and a half minutes of time to perform is absolutely impossible!

Furthermore, he had no way to perform the subsequent content of this song completely with just the piano.

He needs a band!

The "Return You Freedom Version" is a progression of emotions, and precisely because of this, it has become a version frequently used at Mayday concerts.

If he were to sing through the first chorus and then end it, the song would give people a feeling of being slightly lacking.

Because in reality, after the first chorus ends, it is no longer just piano accompaniment; instruments like the bass and drums enter directly.

The emotional progression of the entire song begins to soar.

This is a sublimation.

It can be said that among the legendary performances at Mayday concerts, "Gentle" is absolutely indispensable.

Since that is the case, it is better to leave people wanting more.

He respects the stage, and he also respects this song that he likes immensely; wouldn't it be better to perform a complete, perfect rendition later when conditions allow?

In reality, even if he changed to another song, one where piano accompaniment alone was sufficient, it would still be highly likely that the editor would cut a portion of it, and not leave the most complete performance.

He does not like that.

Rather than that, it is better to whet their appetites.

What is wanted is for you all to be left wanting more!

——Short and small, I am serious.

(End of this chapter)